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14-letter words containing d, o, m

  • dumping ground — dump (def 17).
  • dumping-ground — dump (def 17).
  • dutch reformed — of or relating to a Protestant denomination (Dutch Reformed Church) founded by Dutch settlers in New York in 1628 and renamed the Reformed Church in America in 1867.
  • dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
  • dwarf palmetto — an apparently stemless palm, Sabal minor, of the southeastern U.S., having stiff, bluish-green leaves, the leafstalks arising from the ground.
  • dyalog limited — (company)   The company that distributes Dyalog APL. Previously known as Dyadic Systems Limited.
  • dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
  • echocardiogram — a graphic record produced by an echocardiograph.
  • economic model — model (def 10).
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
  • electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
  • electron model — (electronics)   A model of semiconductor behaviour in which donors contribute the charge of an electron, and acceptors contribute a space for same, in effect contributing a fictional positive charge of similiar magnitude. Physicists use the electron model. Some language theorists consider language and the electron to be models in themselves. Contrast hole model.
  • eminent domain — government seizure of property
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • endarterectomy — Surgical removal of part of the inner lining of an artery, together with any obstructive deposits, most often carried out on the carotid artery or on vessels supplying the legs.
  • endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
  • endoparasitism — Behaviour of endoparasites.
  • enemy-occupied — occupied by a military enemy
  • epidemiologist — A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
  • ethnomedicinal — Pertaining to ethnomedicine.
  • euclidean norm — (mathematics)   The most common norm, calculated by summing the squares of all coordinates and taking the square root. This is the essence of Pythagoras's theorem. In the infinite-dimensional case, the sum is infinite or is replaced with an integral when the number of dimensions is uncountable.
  • excommunicated — Simple past tense and past participle of excommunicate.
  • fathead minnow — a North American cyprinid fish, Pimephales promelas, having an enlarged, soft head.
  • feel compelled — If you feel compelled to do something, you feel that you must do it, because it is the right thing to do.
  • fibroadenomata — a benign tumor originating from glandular tissue, as in the female breast.
  • fideicommissum — a request by a decedent that the heir or legatee to the estate convey a specified part of the estate to another person, or permit another person to enjoy such a part.
  • field emission — the removal of electrons from a metallic conductor by a strong electric field.
  • field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
  • fireworks mode — The mode a machine is sometimes said to be in when it is performing a crash and burn operation.
  • flaked almonds — small flat pieces of almond used in cooking
  • flame-coloured — having a strong reddish-orange colour
  • flannelmouthed — talking thickly, slowly, or haltingly.
  • foamed plastic — expanded plastic.
  • food combining — a dietary approach that advocates the eating of specific foods at specific times and restricts which types of foods can be eaten together.
  • formal methods — (mathematics, specification)   Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
  • formally valid — (of an inference or argument) when the inference is justified by the form of the premises and conclusion alone. Thus Tom is a bachelor; therefore Tom is unmarried is valid but not formally so, while today is hot and dry; therefore today is hot is formally valid
  • formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
  • forward market — future commodities trading
  • founder member — A founder member of a club, group, or organization is one of the first members, often one who was involved in setting it up.
  • freedom riders — (especially in the 1960s) a bus trip made to parts of the southern U.S. by persons engaging in efforts to integrate racially segregated public facilities.
  • garden webworm — the larva of any of several moths, as Hyphantria cunea (fall webworm) or Loxostege similalis (garden webworm) which spins a web over the foliage on which it feeds.
  • genome editing — the insertion or removal of DNA at a specific site on a genome using artificially engineered nucleases
  • geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
  • global dimming — a decrease in the amount of sunlight reaching the surface of the earth, believed to be caused by pollution in the atmosphere
  • gloom and doom — an account or prediction of adversity, especially in economic or business affairs; bad news: a trade journal full of gloom and doom about next year's trends.
  • glycaemic load — an index indicating the amount of carbohydrate contained in a specified serving of a particular food. It is calculated by multiplying the food's glycaemic index by its carbohydrate content in grams and then dividing by 100
  • gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
  • golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
  • gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
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